Please follow the application process below:

1. Apply for the SGUS programme of your choice.

2. Your application will be reviewed by our faculty – we want to ensure that you have the pre-requisites to succeed in the programme. Suitable candidates will receive a programme offer. Please look out for the offer email.

3. When you receive the offer email with the programme registration details, proceed to register yourself. We can only confirm your place in the programme with your registration.

The NUS SGUnited Skills programme is subsidised by SkillsFuture Singapore; trainees will pay a net fee of $500 for a 6-month programme, or $750 for a 9-month programme. You may pay this fee with your SkillsFuture Credit (SFC), if you have sufficient balance in your SFC account.

Employers who are interested in recruiting the trainees in the NUS SGUnited Skills programme are welcome to write to us at ask.scale@nus.edu.sg.

Employees of SGUnited Skills programme trainees are entitled to the Enhanced Hiring Incentive, which is part of the SGUnited Jobs and Skills Package. It covers local workers of all ages, with increased support for those aged 40 and above.

Salary support

• Employers that hire a local worker aged 40 and above who had gone through the NUS SGUnited Skills programme can receive salary support of 40% for six months, capped at $12,000 in total.

• Employers that hire a local worker aged below 40 who had gone through the NUS SGUnited Skills programme can receive salary support of 20% for six months, capped at $6,000 in total.

For more information, please visit SkillsFuture Singapore and Workforce Singapore’s SGUnited Jobs and Skills website.

1. Who can apply for the NUS SGUnited Skills Programme?

Singaporean Citizen or Permanent Resident mid-career jobseekers can apply for the NUS SGUnited Skills Programme. We also recommend that you check that you meet the pre-requisites for our programmes in the relevant sector before you apply.

2. Who is the NUS SGUnited Skills Programme suitable for?

The NUS SGUnited Skills Programme website lists the pre-requisites for each sector’s programme (NUS offers training programmes in a few sectors). The pre-requisites give a sense of the target audience and suitable applicants for each programme.

1. How do I apply? Do you have an application form?

a. Apply for the SGUS programme of your choice.

b. Your application will be reviewed by our faculty – we want to ensure that you have the pre-requisites to succeed in the programme. Suitable candidates will receive a programme offer. Please look out for the offer email.

c. When you receive the offer email with the programme registration details, proceed to register yourself. We can only confirm your place in the programme with your registration.

2. Do I need to have an undergraduate Bachelor’s degree?

NUS offers SGUnited Skills programmes in a few sectors, and each sector has its own pre-requisites. Most sectors will require a polytechnic diploma at minimum.

1. Will NUS help to find me a job?

NUS will provide career-related webinars and connect trainees to government agencies and relevant employers to help them in their job search. However, NUS cannot guarantee job placement at the end of the 6-month programme even though it will make the utmost effort to support trainees in their job search.

2. Can I drop out halfway if I find a job? Will I be penalised?

Please refer to the FAQs at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s SGUnited Skills website:

“The programmes allow trainees to exit without penalty if they are successfully placed into a job or have secured a job on their own accord while undergoing training. However, trainees who exit the programme without a valid reason may be asked to return the course fee subsidy that they have received.”

3. Can I drop out halfway even if I don’t find a job, if I don’t feel the course is suitable for me? Will I be penalised?

Please refer to the FAQs at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s SGUnited Skills website:

“The programmes allow trainees to exit without penalty if they are successfully placed into a job or have secured a job on their own accord while undergoing training. However, trainees who exit the programme without a valid reason may be asked to return the course fee subsidy that they have received.”

No, the NUS SGUnited Skills Programme is non-credit bearing and cannot count towards any NUS undergraduate or post-graduate degree.

2. Can I defer the training if I have to disrupt the training?

Please refer to the FAQs at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s SGUnited Skills website:

“As the SGUS is a full-time training programme, existing trainees and jobseekers should not apply for the programme if they are unable to commit to full-time training over the six to 12-month training duration.”

3. Will existing trainees under other programmes be allowed to join the NUS SGUnited Skills programme?

As the NUS SGUnited Skills  programme is a full-time training programme, existing trainees and jobseekers should not apply for the programme if they are unable to commit to full-time training over the six to 12-month training duration.

4. Will trainees who fail the programme be required to refund the course fee subsidy?

Similar to existing requirements for other training grants administered by SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG), trainees must fulfill minimum attendance requirements and pass the assessments to qualify for course fee subsidies. Trainees who are unable to meet these requirements may be asked to return the course fee subsidies that they have received.

Please refer to the FAQs at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s SGUnited Skills website:

“The nett fees are to be paid upfront.” The nett fee for NUS’ 6-month SGUnited Skills Programme is $500; the rest is subsidised by SSG.

2. Can I use SkillsFuture (SF) Credit to pay the training? What if I do not have enough SF credits?

Please refer to the FAQs at SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)’s SGUnited Skills website:

“Yes, trainees can use their SkillsFuture Credit top-up and additional SkillsFuture Credit (Mid-Career Support) for SGUS programmes once they are enrolled, even before 1 Oct 2020 when those top-ups will be available for use across a wider set of programmes.”

1. Will trainees be eligible for training allowance if they do not complete the programmes?

Trainees will only be eligible for training allowance for the months in which they attend training and meet the minimum attendance requirement. The training allowance will be discontinued once the trainee leaves the programme, including early exit due to job placement.

There is no proration of the training allowance for trainees who leave after completing a partial month of training.

2. When and how will trainees receive their monthly training allowance?

Trainees will receive their training allowance at the beginning of the subsequent month via PayNow. Trainees will need to have a PayNow account linked to their NRIC. Prior to payment, training providers will also need to verify that the trainees have fulfilled the minimum attendance requirement for each month.

For training programmes that commence in the middle of the calendar month, the training allowance for the first and last calendar months of the programme will be pro-rated as follows:

Yes, the NUS SGUnited Skills programme is eligible for the Enhanced Hiring Incentive, which was first introduced as part of the SkillsFuture Mid-Career Support Package in the February 2020 Unity Budget and expanded under the Fortitude Budget.

The incentive has been expanded to cover workers of all ages, with higher support for those aged 40 and above. Employers who hire NUS SGUnited Skills programme trainees aged below 40 can receive 20% salary support for 6 months (capped at $6,000 in total), while those who hire trainees aged 40 and above can receive 40% salary support for 6 months (capped at $12,000 in total).

Further details on the application process and qualifying period will be released subsequently.